References for 3 John 1:3

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Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated "brothers") refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church; also verses 5, 10

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I have no greater joy than to hear that 4my children are walking in the truth.

References for 3 John 1:7

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Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

9
I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

10
So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

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Beloved, 10do not imitate evil but imitate good. 11Whoever does good is from God; 12whoever does evil has not seen God.